Lourdes Academy and the American Heritage Patriots will compete for holiday cheer at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few goals on average, (Lourdes Academy: 0.5, American Heritage: 0.5) so any goals scored will be well earned.
Lourdes Academy is headed into the matchup without a loss and will look to keep things rolling. Their defense stepped up to hand Archbishop McCarthy a 1-0 shutout on Thursday. Given Lourdes Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked second, while Archbishop McCarthy is ranked 37th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lourdes Academy's one-goal win came courtesy of Andrea Mazin, which was the first she's scored this season.
Meanwhile, American Heritage's undefeated season came to an end after seven games last Tuesday. They fell just short of Mariner by a score of 2-1. The loss put an end to the Patriots' undefeated start to the season.
Lourdes Academy pushed their record up to 7-0-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four contests. As for American Heritage, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 7-1.
Lourdes Academy came up short against American Heritage in their previous meeting back in January, falling 2-0. Can Lourdes Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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